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As part of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ (DLUHC) “levelling up” fund the money is to be used by the council to “work proactively and engage with…

Property expert Kate Faulkner (main pic) says new rules to introduce professional qualifications for social housing managers are a “slap in the face for the PRS” after years of lobbying…

A landlord pair who assaulted one of their tenants while trying to illegally evict her from their unlicensed HMO have been handed a rent repayment order totalling more than £22,300.…

Council leaders, unions and renters’ groups have urged Housing Secretary Michael Gove to bring in an immediate rent freeze in a bid to prevent widespread homelessness. In an open letter,…

A new survey has downplayed the scale of landlords ready to quit the sector due to heavy-handed government regulations and upcoming legislation. Leaders Romans Group’s poll of 271 landlords found…

Propertymark is calling for more local authority funding to ensure licensing schemes don’t unfairly burden compliant landlords. It says councils’ scant resources and inadequate staffing levels mean processing licence applications…

The Government has launched its promised consultation on its plans to reform the way HMO properties are valued for council tax. If enacted as proposed, this will ensure that all…

A new property platform aims to help private landlords target buy-to-lets and find potential HMOs. Propalt contains details of more than 250,000 landlords so that investors can connect directly, as…

A rent-to-rent landlord operating a flat in central London has been ordered to pay rent back to his tenants totalling just over £11,000 via a rent repayment order or RRO.…

Private landlords and agents have started helping the government to test its impending property portal. In answer to a written question about its progress since the announcement as part of…